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ter of the country never stood bigher than at thia present moment aand the very privilege which they Were now eXercia‘Mg; went to show that they poti ' a seised the ;erne liberty of frely expressing their HiniOns, which they had done • at. former pttiods. ence they had an opportunity of delivering their opinions free from all danger anti Ostruation, and also without those tumults of party spirit which had appeared in another place, and which were hostile to the very spirit of liberty and free discussion. He would contend, that he was no true friend-to the people; whO attempted to sow discord and dissatis fattion among them at the present peried,.. With 'regard to the proposed 'Resolutions, as far ale they toted thanks to Mr. Wardle, they met with his ap paobation, and he trusted that the Court would be Unanimous on that poieta but in other parts he saw reat deal of mere party spirit, and. an attempt to • briag'the Opposition into popularity, by bringing them in on the shoulders of Mr. Wardle. At the beginning of the Inquiry, that Gentleman received nc support from them whatever ; and at one time, when they thought hen likely to fail in. his charges,. When .they thought him sinking, they deserted him, and. teok to their •boats. Even - Sir Francis Burdett said, that he only seconded the motioo fur Inquiry , ru Arnie; and the worthy . Alilerinan (Combe), who was also one of their . Represent ativesa at first Seemed to take a decided part against Mr. Wardle. `the country, therefore, were not indebted to these Gentleinen, and he bad , do : idea of votieg them thanks, though that tribute was certainly dae to Mr. SVarale. , r, h.k.b131.13 said, he was afraid there was too feendatten..lor the charge of corruption being piesalent. He said, lie was- ashamed- to -seas men who were rolling in w ea lth and affluence grasping at places and pension;,' and the niOrZI they get,' the, snore eager they were for some further addition.--e He Waa ouvineed that the people of this country Were firmly attached to their King and Constitution, and it could only be prevalence of corruption that would alienate their' minds. He was sorry to • seti,s - lieweVer, a diSpOaltion in some Gentlemen to inane ; the present a party question. All the Aalmi eistraticns he had seen of_late years were pretty much the same, and if • the present Administration . were turned out, he believed they would only be succeed ed by others with empty pockets and.ernpty. bellies, Who would be eager to enjoy all the good 'things of place andpower, and soon forget the promises they had made. But if there was one Man who had de served Well of the country, that man wale M. Wardle'. - That Gentleman was' entitled to their, hearty thanks; though he had oven left at first una Atttapotted by his.te.vn party ; and he would have *lurid it difficult to support his charges, had - it Pet' been for the aid Which he derived from those who defended the Duke of'York. But when Mi. Wardle seemed at last to linVe established himselt upon a Ytlck, then all his fernier party flocked around hit:, , Si if , desirous of partaking in his triumph. The avartliv Member then • alluded to the language , in Which it had been usual in ,Parleireent to-speak of the moral conduct of the Duke.of York. it had been the fashion to say, that Mri. Clarke was under his proration. SiMple people at a distance might be apt to say, "what a . good Prince this is,, who takes unprotetaed females under his protection."-- He thought, however, it was much more decent and becoming to confine such language to wives and YlOallisss alone ; and he hoped his Royal Highness, from the severe lesson which healed received, would teideavon r • to anienti his life, and after this make Ills poor little Duchess happy and comfortable at home. Mr. Alderman Costae said, that as his condua • bad been alluded to, he felt hinaielf bound solemnly to declare, that at the commencement of the En , uiry, he was tuitions that the charges ., against his Royal Highness should be disproved, butts from publid .contsideratioh, and froth • feelings of .private. a'egard.. But in the course of the Enquiry it was solpossible for'him to shut his ears against ahe, evi -0.1,9ec, and be felt himself b o und to. gi ve that vote Which he did, howeVer painful it was to Ns ptivate feeling s. . . Sir ellAilLl3s PIVICS obierved, that at the meeting of the Livery, on Saturday last, there was not, a possibility for either him or hit 'colleagues . Omitting an hearibg,-in order to vindicate - their condua on •thelate Enquiry ; he was glad therefore that he had bow an opportunity of being heard in his osiers vindi; 'cation, from . the fool aspersiOns that had been cast upon bite. A Member of that Court had codes iOured to degrade him arid his colleagues by a well . - ' known comparissah; but he thought that facetious Gentlemen himself resembled the ass in the, fable to Which he had alluded. 'At the meeting of the Lively that'Gentlenian had brought forward his nr deilings and myrmidons; who, ,by their kicking and braying against him and his colleagues, created such an uproar, that it was disgraceful to the City of London. • Mr. GRIEFETILS spoke to. order—He was hi the himself,, and did riot like ro hcat'either .Self or the Livery of London called rairmidons,bi the Worthy Alderman. He was no myrmidon. Sir C. Paten said, no man more respedecl the Livery of London than be did; but he believed there were many present 'oh that occasion who bad no title to that appellation. He wishbd now, however ; to explain his motives for voting as he did on the Enquiry,, When the charges *ere first brought foriverd; he had . felt it his bounden duty to , give them ell the attention which he was capabl&of pay " jog. He had attended most carefully to the evi dence, he had been present during the whole seven days of discussion, and he felt it his duty to give that vote, and to come to that conclusion which his Inind'enabled him ro form upon the subject. Under this impression he did not consider himself as a mere organ of _ the sentiments of the Livery of London, • as their representative merely, but as a grand juror, bound togas/win his.verdia according to' the best .of his judgrrient. It surely was not to be metaled of :Mtn, that when chosen .a . Fepvesentative; he should totally isubmit his judgment to the Livery of London. He would', now say, upon his conscience, that he • voted to the hest of his judgment ; and though-: he did , not think that his iloyal Highness bad '.been guilty Of criminal participation or contaivance, Yet •he thought his conduit deserving of a severe =- lure, which ought to have been recorded on the . Journals of the House. • Mr. WAITTIMASI then - rose, and spoke at consi _derable length ou the dangers to be apprehended .from the progress of corruption in the State. ' ItAvas • fo this that Mast of the other Goveinmentein Europe I owed their fall, and in our own country it had mado the moat alarming strides,' which were neither hid, '• den .nor concealed, but open and barefaced. He was not one or those who. expected much from any party coming -into power, but be thought, that the country was under the highest obligations to Mr. Wardle for the manly intrepidity with which he had Currie forward. He thought also that a great deal would be done by the City of London paling for ward for. the purpoie of demanding a thorough re , . form, and instanced the great e ff ects st.ilich wer e. ! produced before the Revolution, in the reign of Charlei the Second, by the manful stand which was made by the Common Council in support of the psi vilegee of the City, and of the other Corporations of the kingdom. Nothing could be mere .unfounded than to say, that, by exposing the Conde& of the Duke of York, Mr. Wardle was attacking the House of Brunswick. It was surprising at present that the country knew nothing of the Prince of Wales. We dO not know that he, ho has the greatest interest in the preservation of the Constitu tion, takes any concern in public atfaira; and there was reason taeuppose that the Councils of the na tion would still centinne to be directed ,by the same secret party, the influence of which, he feared, was • not destroyed. The Worthy Alderman had attertipt ed to exercised bia wit upon him, but his wit wets . so heavy and ktnentable, that it only served to-sheW how much, he 'felt sore under the' Resolutipni that • had been passed upon h is condual.. He did not mean to say that the Worthy Alderman, in giving his vote, was' influenced by undue moth es .; but he knew him to'be a good family matt, and that he - did all he. could for his family. He believed. also, that the worthy Alderman was a contraelor O.Vo ! nu! said Sir C. Price.) Well, then, there is such a thing as several persons being in company. But believing the worthy illderman to have given a conscientious vote, still he must say that his vote discovered so lit tle capacity for discovering and comprehending.evi (fence, that the worthy Alderman was not the man whom he should choose tor one of his Representa tives. But the worthy Alderman , said that he (Mr. Waithrnan) bad come to the meeting of the Livery - with. his myrmidons. New he did not know what •wai meant by this expressiop'; for unquestionably be had done every thing in, his power to procure a fair hearing for the worthy Alderman and .his Col leagues. It was certainly one of the incouveniencies of public meetings of that sort, that you could not coutroul' the feelings of those who were assembled; not so much for the purposes of discussion and deli- . beration, but rather to express those opinions which ►hey had,formed beforehand. The grand objeCt .of st:,ch Meetings was to collect the impressions and -Hiniona of the people, and though these opinions -vere loudly expressed, yet nothing that was inde . coroits took place. The whole of the present Reso- . lutions'shOuld meet With his decided support. Mr. Alderman PatiNsur said, he entirely agreed with such Gentlemen as had asserted it to be the. undoubted right of British subjects to deliberate upon, and agree: to resolutions on any public grievance,. as Well as on the . eondutt. of public .persons. He. re ' gretted that they should be called upon .to vote on, • the present Resolution, which was one which may • atfected the feelings Of our Sovereign ; but he trusted • that that illustrious Pereenago would derive ample '. consolation from the attachment and esteem of his people. Public abuses had been made manifest, and it was the duty of every honest man. to take the most efficacious means ro suppress them. 'The re sult of .the.lato investigation, he trusted,, would prow& extremely tidonrable to the best interests of the - country ; on thataccpunt, he should most hear-. trly concur in the Vote of Thanks which had been proposed to Colonel -Wardle, as well as to the other Metnisers who bad supported him in the arduous task which he, had undertaken. , Its propriety and necessity were so evident, that he could not see any grounds whereon to oppose it. The' first Resolution was 'thea put and' carried unanimously. • On•the second Resolution being put, •' Mr. DiSON said, he trusted that the Hon. Mover -would not press it in the shape in which' it then wag: He particularly disapproved of introducing the word " unworthy," and trusted that it would be expung ed, as unoecesaary.; The words " Ministerial threats" he thought 'improper, as it was well known that no threats fled been made when the charges were exhibited ; on the contrary, Ministers Offer ed every facility to promote:Abe investigation: He adm%tted;that the Duke of York's conduct had been Improper ,as a man,„ and that, therefore, he was highly culpable; but he could attach no-ether blame to. him. He was perfeCtly ready to allow that cases of very gross corruption had taken place in different departtnents of the State, but he saw no reason why they should all. be fastened upon the Duke of. York ; they, had not been proved against him—he' had not admitted them. Mr. KIMBLE saidl •that if the Court should con sent to the alterations which had been Proposed by the !At ii&4ll(q, the' Resolution would amount • to nothing. A common Jury were sworn upon oath to try .a prisoner upon, the evidence before them, , and he thought t he Public, in the present instance; ought to do the same. The evidence he thought - 4uatient to convince the mind of every honest man there was not even room for hesitation. The nature of the establishment in . Gloucester:plade was known .to every body, and only ioool. a year was allowed by the Duke of York to support its extravagance.-- Every man man knew who Mrs. Clarke vas--•a person utterly indigent and friendless; and must not every reasonable man have suspetled that she had recourse to other modes of raising money than receiving her paltry stipend from the Royal Duke ? vlr. MAWMAN spoke a . few worth in aupphrt of the Resolution, and Vindicated Mr.' Alde►man Comte from the blame Members had attached to that Gentleman for not taking a more atitive part in promoting the inve.stigatihn than . he had done. The substance of the charges had always been kept se cret, and it would have beep unbecoMing in any Member of the House of Commons to be very ac+ tive in promoting them till they should have ascer tained their. foundation. . • • The iredond Reselution Was then put, and carried. , On the third Resolution being put, Mr. KESIIII.II said, he approved of that part of the Resolution which conferred the Freedom of the City on Mr.• Wardle, but he could Rot conscientiously vote that' it should be presented in a gold box, it bo Qtue the people who were entrusteo situ the frolic Money, in any deparittioni'or the State, to he parti , . , cularly sparing of it, and it equally became dip Mem bers of the Court of Common Council to . be 'sparing of the funds of the city. The. Freedom of the City alone he considered to be a great honour,,and as ac ceptable to jr.A , Wardle as if accompanied with a gold . box. Jt ought to be also recolleeled, that at present the Committee of City Funds had not money. in their hands to discharge it. . Mr. Dtxow said, he should support, the original Resolution, and after, a short discussion it was carried. On the Fotfrth liesoludon being pin, • Mr. GRITPUTIii proposed that the name of Mr. Alderman. Combo should be inserted .amongst the names of the Minority, who voted on Mr. Wardle's motion, as had been done by the meeting of the Livery on Saturday. • Mr. Alderman Cowin said he saw no reason why his name should be introduced at all, as the Gentle men whose names had been, mentioned had exerted themselves in promoting the investigation, and ex plaining the IaWS of evidetiee in their speeches de.. livered upon the minutes. , . Mr. MAwstAN seconded the motion of -Mr: Grif fiths, and Mr. Alderman COmbe's name was insert ed, and the Resolution carried in the affirmative. On the titth Resolution being put, Mr. DIXON rose te'Opposeir. He conceive d That the greatest;dangers would result to . the Constitution if th e moti v es of the Mem th:-1.3 . of any branch of the Legislature were to be cal ed. in question, It was ek. tremely - invidious to remark., that .'a titan held a oomrnitaion in the-Army or Navy ; , that there, tore he wis influenced in his VOIO Every LldetnGer of the House of Commons had an undotslnecl right to vote according to his best judgment, and ft came not any man, or body of men, to arraign their motives, The motion which the Court was called to' decide upon might do great injury, and could pos silly do no good. The Resolutions which had-al ready passed, he thought, ought to satisfy every man; but if they attempted to intimidate the Members of Parliament in. the discharge of their. duty in Parliament, no man could tell the result of such a mode of'condual. Mr. Alderman Elect' conjured the Court not to come to the Resolution. which hid been then pro posed, as it tended to destroy the very vitals of the Constitution. They stood upon a precipice unhurt ; but if they advanced 'a step, they would set 'a roost dangerous and ruinous example to the Country, the consequences of which might • prove the destrOction of the State. : The Legislature rested entirely by self, and if any other power interfered with any branch of it, the whole machine would be discom posed, and the injury was incalculable. Mr.- SiOICES opposed the Resolution, as tending to excite disorder, and produce anotherßevolution.• Mr. lisaintat also opposed it, and thought the court had already proceeded as far as they.constitu tionally could. - Mr. NV A ITHMAN said, that he was ready. to Main tain the propriety and necessity of the Resolutions upon principlo perfedly constitutional against any man in the world. itidgell3lackstone, in his Com mentaries on The Law of England, had avowed the principles in such a manner as no man e ()Uhl eontra vert. The case of the five Ayleibery men was in the recollection of every Member of the House. When those 'men 'had been committed by the House of Commons, the Lords fortunately made a stand with the people, and came off triumphant. When . th© India Bill was under discuision, the worthy' Alder.' man who opposed the present Resonation, if . he re colleded right, was one of the deputation who went up with an Address to the Sovereign, expressing their disapprobation of the measures pursued by the House of Commons; and also expressing their want of confidence in the then Ministry, and desiring'. thaba new 'Parliament: should be" immediately con vened.' Their objed was then to complain of a grievance, and they prayed to have it -redressed, which, if. Well feunded, was undoubtedly . coasti, tutiolial. The greatest Lawyers had 'stated it to be' their opinion, t bat we never : could be rained hitt by a Parliament ; and yet we were to he .precluded from correcting it, %Olen we saw itatimble to pieces., (Here he read a passage from Blackstone in sup port of his doctrine,' that the people' had- the right . of examining the conduct of their Representatives in Parliament, and the shorepassage in Monteageieu's Spirit of the Laws, wherein hesays, 4 ' that, as other countries have lost their liberties, England will lose her liberties,' When the Legislative becOmes -more corrupt than the E'Xecutive Government."). It had been said that Parliament 'was 'om'nipotent, as it meld do any thing but make a woman 'a man, .9r a man a woman ; and he throught they might now attempt that, as they :had 'made a black a white.--;-. What else could be impeded, when they were con stituted, as at present, when such immense kilns 41' money were annually expended-on men who never ' appeared in their planes but what' they were dragged to vote against the interest of tiie'Ci,untry nod 00, cause of the People ? (He here read no extract from Mr. Justice Bailey's Charge. to th&Jtlry on the trial of Sir C. Hawkins for Corwin :low at an Elea*, where that Learned, Judge. inveighed in the most severe terms against:the Corruption. Of Medulla, and said, that if such practices weresuffered, no mail's. property would be secure, and the Constitution Must ahereby inevitably perish.) Whettave.ste all these . things, when no man . could deny their existence, 'when the 'consequences of such a• 'system were ob. vious, yet we` are told that it , was not our business to complain of them. • He denied that the Revolts aloft was a. consequence of - the interference of the Corporation .of ' complaining of former grievances, but it-was in cortaegitence of their Char ter 'being seized 'when they.lwent up to state their grievances. The vital blood of the Constitution, - as the Worthy Alderman exprissed it, and which he was afraid world be destroyed, was no other than corruption, and which, some people were hardy enough .to' maintain, must remain, to preserve the Coninitution. It was that which Mr. Pitt wished to destroy when he was the Champion of Parlia mentary Reform, and which, he laid, he was afraid the people would pot destroy, from their attachment to the Constitution. . Mr. Aldetman ATKINS said, he did nothelieve that the Resolution would lead to any impreper conse quence which hash been apprehended from it. It Was perfectly consonant to - the feelie gs of the . people,' witielt had beets expressed from door to door through out the Country, and compebed the Duke of York, notwithstanding his majority, to reliteraish his situ ation, and % which wat recently so unequivocally pressed by the. Liy erym en. Mr. GOODRRII Ella agreed .to leave out the l‘st words of the Tleselution, which stared, that «f 1.14 doubt could be entertained of . :the motives whiclt induced the majority to acquit his Royal lijghnese; Ald..rinan BIRCH said, that although some of the words bad been suppressed, yet stilt the,spiritof the resolution - remained, The House,of Comtnerus must. be left. entirelyto themselves, and the. only remedy which, was left the people, Was to withstand corruption, and return honest and independent Mem bers, on whose integrity they could depend. ~ Mr.. Dotort said it was easy to talk of corruption at eleEtions, and unfair representation - , butc,he should not wiih to tee . any alteration in the system - of eleiaion ; if it were resorted, to, the greatest curse Would fall . upon the working,-people of Manchester, Leeds, and q . iasgow, who, would thereby leave their. err)ployment, and betake themselves to politks. Mr. Alderman Wotan supported the resolution. WiITfIMAN agreed ilint the last words of th 6. resolntion•should . left. out, and proposed othrrs in. theirstead. After a .short discussion, the Court divided on Mr. AN'aithtitan'i Amendlltent, vohenTt here appeared For it, 61—Against it, 3e.—Majorilv The 6th and 7th Resolutions were then passed, and the Court adjourned. • ' CRUELTY To A'...rmia,s,-.The very wonderful. niare helotigingt&r.vir. Wilson; the liverytnati,Whietk perfortried ihlity miles in 'one hour and forty mi. mites, yesterday finished a task unprecedented in the .sporting c;ilCndar. The owner of the mare hacked her on the Q.kith ult. for a avager of' f...)00 guineas, to go sth miles in three hours and a 'halr, sui:h being 1.4 the rate of nearly fifteen miles an hour. The anittial went off in high condition yesterday on the Wood ' ford 'road, and did Above fifteen miles within an hour at n steady trot, and continued to do the same in thu next two hours. The difficulty in the pertormanc4 was the left five miles in the, half hour, which was done in four minutes less than the given time.' 13et , , ting was seven to four, and tW014,1 one, agaiont the mare. • . The above article is copied from a Morning Paper, but we are strongly inclined to doubt the accuracy of the statement, for we cannot suppose that any man possessed of common humanity would make such a wager as that mentioned in the above para graph. Tuesday last, a Coroner's Inquest was held at Seaton Iron-works,. Whitehaven, ,on the bOdy of Wm Little, a mechanic in the employ of the Sea tom Company, who was killed the preceding, even.! Ing, 'whilst in the as of turning a bevit.wheel pat tern, in a lathe worked by watere-eVerdiCt, Detzth, It may not be improper to a caution to all employed in, a similar way, that thil indentions and valuable member of society kit •his lite by imprudently suffering the end of his neck-cloth 10.00030 in contaa with the revolqiee spindle of the lathe, by which it was caught, anti instantaneous suffocation was the melancholy conic- , quence„, A POINT' OP HONOUL—A few days since two Freeell' Officers, prisoners of war On o parole at. Bi- ' shops Waltham,. having had a dispute, they agreed to decide' the affair in an honourable way. A meet'. ing was appointed in a field near the town; but a difficulty occurred in prdcuring weapons. It appears that the . combatanti were only in possession of one • sword, and a case-knife. Freed), ingenuity made a pike of the knife, by;confining it to the end.of nr stick; , but the sword being considered the best wea pon, they resolved to • cast lots • who should ha v e it. After the sword and.keife had been fairly placed in • their hands, the deel'commenced, and the swords' men gave his antagonist three woundi, one on the face, another ,on the ern), and a third.across the body. The pikeman gave several dangerous thrusts, and both fell on the ground; they remained bleed ing and diaabled, emit they were discovered bye se veral passengers, who conveyed them. to apublic house in the Vicinity. The Officer who received the cots from ihessabre was not. expected to recover,— His antagonist is fortunately out of danger. t Enie.--•-.00 - Tuesday. night, at ten o'clock, thtl family being about to retire, an alarm of lire pre vailed at the houiteolthe Rev,. Mr. Matilde, at the village of Heekley, Oxon, .syllich consumed the same, with stabliug,•fec, Arad fou r 'Other, hoeses adjoining. The flames herst forth from the biewhouse, where a tire had been left, and with such impetuosity,that, although the fire was discovered in its infancy, it could not be crushed. • Two horses were burnt and itt is supposed that damages to the amount of 66001. were sustained, and the preMises altogether were uninsured, 4r. Moulde was at an, hotel in fermytle reet,' at the tittie, wf On fire. ' , SMITHFIELD MARKET, Aziit This day's Market had but a short smpply of dif ferent:kinds of Cattle..44. , Potit is dearer titan our Irk roortis. Veal Ms clfeaper.; neer; 'Muttori t and •Lamb sold a; ; 114 prices; and .the trade for• the most patt was not over bitsk ; the sates. in thek Haymarket were not lively •; Straw has fatten' in' 'price since, Monday; nMarker. clover has got up in price; Hay fits obtained last Pricese—The Ifollowing prices and numbers are an accorate statement To shift the per stone of 81b. Beef 4s. gd. to 6s. Linda ss . ; ad. to 6s. 6d..—Veal 6s. ad. to 7s. 64,1,--Vott is, 'ad: bs.. tu•64. 7 -I,4lrib 6d. to 9s. at. • ,Benst ‘ s. .loo.—Sheep a n d Lambs, 5,500.-'-ealtes, 400. Pigs, igs, 220. l ay SI.. tes. add: to 61. 6s: od.:-Straw . 11..165, ad. to 21. ss. 04.--Clover (il. 105. 10 71. :75. Coror-Rxerralloc, APRIL 7.—There are tolerao Suppties of Wlfeat to-day.; Finn in deniand, and maintains last prices; Second and Orditutry, rather cheaper. Barley, in considerable quantities; Second and inferior are again lower. White and Grey Peag, and the two sorts of Beans., at little variatinn. There are twiddling supplies of Oats:; those: at good quality support last prices; other sorts, dull Sale. and Sales of Flour on the terms GE our last qUotation. Charing-Cross against all England for selling Ca. pith' Prizes—those who back Charing-cross wilt, win. It has been FOrtune's Ernpot hint for nearly a Century; and the oldest Booth in the Fair is Q4R- Tileit i s where the Public are respeetfully in vited to *are in the " good the Gosh provido' for W.edneethly next.